Spell/Sword eBook G Derek Adams
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Rime is a wild mage. She can bend the very fabric of reality, but at a cost – a cost to her health and her sanity. Her power is unstoppable but it leaves her empty, weak, and often unconscious. Jonas is a squire on the run – running away from the shadow of murder. They travel together to find the one person that can save Rime from the wild magic, from the inexorable madness and death that comes to those who are born to ignore the rules of the universe. The Gray Witch of the Wheelbrake Marsh, a creature out of a fairy tale.
The anti-epic fantasy, the nascent genre of SWORDPUNK Fantasy Action A La Carte. Earnestly written in the shadow of Lieber and Moorcock.
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Spell/Sword eBook G Derek Adams
Asteroid Made of Dragons was G. Derek Adams’s first (semi-)traditionally published work, but the man was no stranger to releasing books. As you may (or may not) recall from my review of AMoD, Adams had self-published two prequels prior to winning the Sword and Laser contest on Inkshares.The first of those books is Spell/Sword, wherein we meet the protagonist duo of Rime and Jonas and go careening through glowing canyons and flying on wyverns with them on their first adventure.
Adams was kind enough to provide me with a copy of Spell/Sword in audiobook form, which is currently available on Audible, and is wonderfully narrated by Rachel Ahrens, who brings a voice and character to Rime so close to what my mind created when I read AMoD that I was a bit surprised, to be honest. She really did a fantastic job.
The thing about Adams’s writing is that, when you read it, you can tell how much fun he had writing it. His settings and scenes frequently border on the absurd, and as you laugh along with the characters at the situation, you are convinced of the imminent threats to them and deeply invested in their wellbeing. And curious about how the hell they intend to escape rocket-powered-electro-toads.
AMoD had the benefit of an editorial team, and is therefore more polished than Spell/Sword, but the nice thing about reading (or listening to) his self-published work is that it serves as proof of Adams’s skill as an author. He’s got what it takes to “go pro,” in my opinion.
Spell/Sword is a great read; it’s paced well, action-packed, and does an excellent job of setting high stakes and wrapping up neatly while leaving enough threads unraveled to spawn a torrent of sequels. For my part, I’m glad to know Derek. That means I can pester him about when the next book is coming out.
Until then, I can read Riddle Box, the next book in the series.
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Spell/Sword eBook G Derek Adams Reviews
Absolutely fascinating book.
I'm saying it is a 4 star book because it is a bit of a 3 star book and a lot of a 5 star book. Any reader will see it as both as well. It's a 5 star book because, well, imagine a line, now add a bunch of acute angles to it. Now take that zig zag line and turn it into a tornado drawing like from grade school. Got that visualization? That's how tropes are treated by Adams. Fascinating right? Subverted tropes, inverted tropes, they're all there. Not sure a single one was played straight.
You have a ruthless, self-absorbed girl named Rime who will walk over or sacrifice anyone to get to a swamp with a wicked witch. All so she can be saved from her own power and then live as a more normal girl. Huh, I now seriously question her motivations, I think she has them backward somehow.
Then There is Jonas a (former?) squire that is more than a bit slow. He was hired-ish to guard Rime from some very bad people chasing her. He takes it incredibly seriously, even if it's against his own best interests.
Beyond that you will have Snapping-Turtle Men, Frogs on rocket roller skates, and a grey witch. It's all a bit of a black comedy. And frankly I find it absolutely hilarious that this is classifieded as a children's book on . It really isn't...I mean Rime is introduced as she burns a traitor alive. So adults, don't let that categorization scare you away.
The 3 star points are really only because Rime isn't the most likable and given it's short page nature, the pacing seems off somehow.
I recommend this to anyone who has just read way too much fantasy. I also recommend it to people who like Sabriel by Garth Nix.
This is a very straightforward fantasy. It reminded me quite a bit of the Michael J. Sullivan's Riyria books. Not because the plot or characters have any similarities. But because they have a simplicity that most modern fantasy lacks. So much of modern fantasy has become byzantine and baroque with characters and plot lines.
Spell/Sword is a very straightforward adventure. The Spell character is being chased. The Sword characters joins up with her. They get chased for a while, then there's a final confrontation. There aren't dozens of characters or complicated plot lines. I kinda like that, to be honest.
But this is clearly self-published and the lack of an editor shows. The first third of the book is slow paced, which is fairly inexcusable for such a straightforward adventure. The introduction of the villains was overly long, especially since the villains had approximately one other scene in the entire book; this was especially weird since the villains get more backstory and introduction than the main characters do. The whole part with the frogs served no point other than to be a wacky adventure. These are all things that I feel like a good editor could have worked with the author to polish.
I'll admit, I went into this expecting it to have more humor. It has a few wry moments but this isn't really a comedy.
It is a series of sorts but it appears be structured more like a modern TV series rather than the usual fantasy trilogy. This book felt very self-contained. There may be future adventures of Spell/Sword. And eventually it may tie together in a larger story arc. But I liked that there wasn't a "THIS IS A TRILOGY" ending. There also no World Ending Evil, which is a nice change of pace.
There is some potential with the characters; that was where the author was strongest. Even the villains were pretty well done for what was basically pulp fantasy.
I'm not quite sure I liked it enough to read the second Spell/Sword, which was also self-published. But I'll probably give the third one, when he got an editor, a try.
Asteroid Made of Dragons was G. Derek Adams’s first (semi-)traditionally published work, but the man was no stranger to releasing books. As you may (or may not) recall from my review of AMoD, Adams had self-published two prequels prior to winning the Sword and Laser contest on Inkshares.
The first of those books is Spell/Sword, wherein we meet the protagonist duo of Rime and Jonas and go careening through glowing canyons and flying on wyverns with them on their first adventure.
Adams was kind enough to provide me with a copy of Spell/Sword in audiobook form, which is currently available on Audible, and is wonderfully narrated by Rachel Ahrens, who brings a voice and character to Rime so close to what my mind created when I read AMoD that I was a bit surprised, to be honest. She really did a fantastic job.
The thing about Adams’s writing is that, when you read it, you can tell how much fun he had writing it. His settings and scenes frequently border on the absurd, and as you laugh along with the characters at the situation, you are convinced of the imminent threats to them and deeply invested in their wellbeing. And curious about how the hell they intend to escape rocket-powered-electro-toads.
AMoD had the benefit of an editorial team, and is therefore more polished than Spell/Sword, but the nice thing about reading (or listening to) his self-published work is that it serves as proof of Adams’s skill as an author. He’s got what it takes to “go pro,” in my opinion.
Spell/Sword is a great read; it’s paced well, action-packed, and does an excellent job of setting high stakes and wrapping up neatly while leaving enough threads unraveled to spawn a torrent of sequels. For my part, I’m glad to know Derek. That means I can pester him about when the next book is coming out.
Until then, I can read Riddle Box, the next book in the series.
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